The content of our pages was compiled with utmost diligence. We cannot guarantee that the data is correct, complete or up-to-date. As a service provider according to section 7, paragraph 1 TMG we are responsible for own data on these pages according to the common laws. According to sections 8 to 10 TMG we are not obligated to check transmitted or saved external information or to determine indications for illegal actions. The responsibility to remove or disable the use of information according to the common law remains unaffected. Concerning the latter, a liability is possible only after noticing a concrete violation of rights. Promptly upon becoming aware of a violation of rights we will remove these contents.

Notice of liability for links:

Our service contains links to external third party websites. We do not control or have influence on those websites and we therefore do not guarantee for these external contents. Responsible for the content of the linked websites is the respective provider or operator of the third party website. The linked websites have been examined for possible statutory violations at the time of linking. At the time of linking we did not find any illegal contents. However, a permanent monitoring and verification of the content of the linked websites is not reasonable without concrete indications of violations of rights. When becoming aware of any violation of rights, we will immediately remove all corresponding links.

Copyright: All text and other digital material on these websites is subject to the German copyright. Any copying, modification, distribution or other kind of use which exceeds the limits of copyright requires a written permission of the respective author or creator. Downloading and copying contents of this website is allowed solely for your personal and private use, whereas commercial use is prohibited. So far as any contents of this website are not created by the provider attention has been paid to adhere to the copyright of third parties. In particular, contents of third parties are explicitly marked. However, if you become aware of any violation of the copyright, please let us know. As soon as a violation of rights is identified, we will remove the corresponding material.

Privacy protection policy:

Generally, the use of our website is possible without the need to provide personal data. When you are asked to provide personal data (e.g., name, address or e-mail address), this is, as far as possible, optional for you. We do not pass this information to third parties without your explicit agreement. Please note that the transmission of data via the Internet (e.g., e-mail communication) can be insecure. A complete protection against access through third parties is not possible. The use of published contact information within the disclosure to transmit unwanted advertising or other marketing material shall be expressly excluded. The provider of these pages explicitly reserve the right to take legal action in case of receiving unwanted advertising, e.g., via junk mail.

Notice of privacy protection for the use of Facebook plugins (Like-Button):

We have embedded plugins of the social network Facebook, 1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA, into our website. You can recognize these plugins by the Facebook logo or the “Like-Button” on our website. Here you will find a list of the Facebook plugins:http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/. When visiting a page of our website that contains a Facebook plugin, a direct connection between your browser and a Facebook server is established. By this connection, the plugin provides Facebook with the information that you have accessed a certain page of our website with your IP address. When clicking the Facebook Like-Button while you are logged in to your Facebook account, you can link content of our site to your Facebook profile. Facebook can then assign your Facebook account with the visit to our website. We point out that we as a provider of this website do not know details about the data submitted to Facebook or the use of that data at Facebook. Here you can find further information about Facebook‘s policy of privacy protection:http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php. If you don‘t want Facebook to be able to assign your visit of our website to your Facebook account, please log out of your Facebook account.

Notice of privacy protection for the use of Google Analytics:

This website uses Google Analytics, an Internet analysis service of Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics applies so-called cookies, i.e., text files that are stored on your computer and are used to analyse your usage behaviour on the corresponding website. The usage information stored in the cookie will be sent and transmitted to a Google server in the United States of America. If IP-Address anonymization is activated on this website, your IP-Address will be shortened before transmission within states of the European Union or other contracting states of the agreements about the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases the whole IP-Address will be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened after. Google will use this information to analyse your behaviour and create a report of your web activity for the website provider. With this report the website provider can offer other services which seem to be interesting for the user. Google may share such information with third parties, as far as this is statutory required or in order to process the information by affiliated companies on behalf of Google. By no means Google will link your IP address with other data of Google Inc. It is up to you to avoid the installation of cookies through your browser settings. In that case we must point out that you may not be able to properly use the provided features and services of the website. By using services of this website you agree with the aforementioned way and purpose of processing your collected personal data. You can avoid the acquisition of the data by Google and the processing of this data by Google which is produced by the cookie based on your usage of the website (incl. your IP-Address) by downloading and installing this browser-plugin:http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

Notice of privacy protection for the use of Google +1:

Registration and transmission of information: With the Google +1 button you can publish information worldwide. Via the Google +1 button you and other users receive personalized information from Google and our partners. Google saves information that you provided a recommendation (i.e., +1) for the content, as well as information about the website you were visiting when clicking the +1 button. Your +1 recommendations may appear to others as a hint together with your profile name and photo in Google services like, e.g., Google search or your Google Profile. Furthermore, your +1 recommendations may appear elsewhere in the Internet on other websites or as advertisements. Google records your +1 activity to improve the Google services for you and other users. To be able to use of the Google +1 button you will need a worldwide visible, public Google Profile which at least contains the name you chose for the profile. This name will be used across all Google services. Sometimes this name may replace the name you generally use when sharing information under your Google account. Your Google Profile identity might be visible for users who know your email address or have other identifying information about you. Use of collected information: In addition to the above explained uses of your provided information we act in accordance with the Google privacy protection policy. Google may share aggregated statistics about +1 activity with other users and partners, like publishers, advertisers or connected websites. Use of collected information: In addition to the above explained uses of your provided information we act in accordance with the Google privacy protection policy. Google may share aggregated statistics about +1 activity with other users and partners, like publishers, advertisers or connected websites.

Notice of privacy protection for the use of Twitter:

We have embedded functions of the service Twitter. This functions are offered by Twitter Inc., Twitter, Inc. 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. Through using Twitter and the function “Re-Tweet” your visited websites will be linked with your Twitter-Account and announced to other users. Thereby data will be transferred to Twitter. Notice that we, as the provider of this website, have no knowledge about the content of the transferred data and its usage by Twitter. You can find more information in the privacy policy of Twitter: http://twitter.com/privacy. You can change your privacy settings in the account settings of Twitter: http://twitter.com/account/settings. Sources: This disclaimer was originally created in German with “Impressum Generator” by e-recht24.de and then translated into English. Disclaimer von eRecht24, dem Portal zum Internetrecht von Rechtsanwalt Sören Siebert, Facebook Disclaimer, Google Analytics Datenschutzerklärung, Google +1 Datenschutzerklärung, Datenschutzerklärung Twitter.

Cookie and Privacy Settings

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Google Map Settings:

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Vimeo and Youtube video embeds:

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